a very popular restaurant. a busy night. i had a number of tables in a row. a graduate student at nearby georgia state university has his hands full. i was kind of in a busy state of mind trying to ring in their orders, keep everything flowing smoothly. seated at one of those tables, georgia tech undergrad paul hargut. we were just out for dinner and a few drinks. it was me and my wife, her two sisters and three or four of their friends. security cameras installed just two weeks before catch paul and the group sharing a relaxing evening. paul addition into a dish called the black and blue quesadilla, grilled steak with blue cheese, chihuahua cheese, caramelized onions.
the black and blue quesadilla, grilled steak with blue cheese, chihuahua cheese, caramelized onions. midway through the meal, he takes an especially big bite and swallows only to feel a chunk of quesadilla lodge in his throat. paul immediately does what most of us would do, reaches for miss glass of water. tried to wash it down. it wasn t going down. i kept drinking water. but water only makes things worse. the water pushed it down further in there but it didn t go down into my stomach, it went down into my air tube. that completely blocked any air from coming in and all the water came back out. it looked like i was throwing up. i realized i couldn t breathe. it was pretty terrifying. paul s wife to his left thinks he s getting sick and hands him a napkin.